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CTIN 503 – SPRING 2017 Interactive Entertainment, Science & Healthcare (2 Units) Instructor: Prof. Marientina Gotsis, MFA gotsis@usc.edu Office: SCI 201U Lecture: Tuesdays 4-5:50PM @ SCI 308   COURSE OVERVIEW This course will give students an overview of foundational concepts required for design, development and evaluation of interactive entertainment and transmedia-based interventions at the intersection of neuroscience, public health and medicine. Students will develop a unique transdisciplinary perspective of intervention… Read More »CTIN 503 – Interactive Entertainment, Science & Health

The Brain Architecture Game is a tabletop game experience that builds understanding of the powerful role of experiences on early brain development – what promotes it, what derails it, with what consequences for society. Our first commercially released educational product is now back in stock. Get your Ready-Mades while they last! The DIY downloadable version is always available for purchase in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese).  

A trip to the physical therapist could soon feel a bit more like a trip to the arcade, thanks to a new multidisciplinary study being conducted at USC. James Finley and Beth Fisher of the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy and Marientina Gotsis of the USC School of Cinematic Arts have received a two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test a virtual reality-based program… Read More »Virtual reality-based rehab system could one day help people with Parkinson’s